Back Office Jobs in the Thames Valley

Back Office
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 205 244
Rank change year-on-year +33 +39 +17
Permanent jobs citing Back Office 12 37 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.35% 0.55% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.45% 1.04% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9 36 8
10th Percentile - - £59,300
25th Percentile £37,250 £26,000 £66,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £37,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% -46.43% +1.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £45,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £36,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -41.20% +42.86%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,666 3,553 3,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 77.84% 52.87% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 767 2,198 1,693
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,425 £27,891
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,800 £73,750 £82,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Back Office as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Back Office in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Back Office in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Back Office in the Thames Valley

Back Office
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Back Office within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +7 9 £38,500 +2.67% 3
Buckinghamshire +36 3 £52,500 -25.00% 1
Back Office
South East

Back Office
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) Apache
1 5 (41.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) DNS
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Relational Database
1 5 (41.67%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Local Government
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Account Director
2 2 (16.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Business Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Business Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Support
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (41.67%) Client/Server
2 5 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 5 (41.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) FMCG
3 2 (16.67%) Handset
3 2 (16.67%) IoT
3 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Analytics
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 5 (41.67%) ITSM
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
2 5 (41.67%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) Pricing Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (16.67%) User Stories
4 1 (8.33%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) VMware